Western Command chief Lt Gen Surinder Singh calls on Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu on Thursday. Tribune Photo

Tribune News Service

Jammu, November 24

Lt Gen Surinder Singh, Army Commander, Western Command, called on Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti here today and briefed her about the latest situation on the border as a result of continuing cross-border shelling.The Chief Minister asked the Army Commander to extend all possible help to the civil administration in border areas for the rehabilitation and safety of people living there.The meeting between the two took place two days after three soldiers were killed in the Machil sector. India has since lodged a strong protest with Pakistan against the killing and mutilation of their soldiers and militarily responded to violations of the ceasefire.The Army launched a major fire assault along the LoC in Kashmir, causing “substantive damage” and disrupting Pakistani army’s movement in the Neelum Valley.